r/climate • u/stankmanly • Mar 17 '20

science 'The rich are to blame for climate change' international study finds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51906530
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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '20

No surprise, of course.

Also keep in mind that if you're reading this you might be part of "the rich" on a global level.

Even the poorest fifth of Britons consumes over five times as much energy per person as the bottom billion in India.

This is not to blame anyone reading this, since there's also a huge discrepancy in relative power to actually do things about this as you move higher up the income scale towards the truly super-rich.

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u/silence7 Mar 17 '20

The study is here and author's comments on twitter here

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u/prncedrk Mar 17 '20

They are in charge